Kimwele Surname
Approximately 5,379 people bear this surname
Kimwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,365 | 1:8,608 | 1,119 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kimwele (1,715) may also be a first name.
Kimwele Demographics
Kimwele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kimwele occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kimwele.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kimwele is the 89,220th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,354,814 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimwele live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 185,411th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 1,715 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5,365 people, or 1 in 8,608. In Kenya Kimwele is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 74 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 7 percent are found and Makueni County, where 6 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Kimwele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kimwele surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimweile | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kimwel | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kimweli | 86 | 2,000 | / |
| Kimwela | 86 | 66 | / |
| Kimwole | 86 | 47 | / |
| Kimvele | 86 | 41 | / |
| Kimwell | 86 | 23 | / |
| Kimwely | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chimwele | 80 | 255 | / |
| Kemwel | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kimwil | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kimwili | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kimvela | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kemuele | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kimwila | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kumuele | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kimuela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kemwell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimwali | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimwoli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimwill | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaimvel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimbhel | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chimweli | 67 | 136 | / |
| Kimbheli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quimwell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kembeley | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kimwele
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